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The graph's <a href="GraphOptions.htm">default visual properties</a> can be overridden for individual edges, vertices and groups.  For example, you can make an edge appear as a wide blue dashed line, and a vertex appear as a large green sphere.
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To manually set a visual property for an edge, vertex or group:
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    <a href="../WorkbookTour/Worksheets.htm#SelectWorksheet">Select</a> the Edges, Vertices or Groups worksheet</a>.
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    If the worksheet's Visual Properties column group is not visible, <a
    href="../ShowHideColumns/Overview.htm">show the column group</a>.
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    Edit one or more cells in the Visual Properties column group.
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    <a href="../SimpleGraph/Overview.htm#ShowGraph">Show the graph</a> to make your changes appear in the <a href="../WorkbookTour/GraphPane.htm">Graph Pane</a>.
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When you select a cell in a worksheet, a help message appears to tell you what the cell should contain.  Hovering the mouse over the cell's column heading also provides information about the column's cells.
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See <a href="Labels.htm">Labeling Edges, Vertices and Groups</a> for information on how to use the Label columns on the Edges, Vertices and Groups worksheets.
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To set a visual property for one or more edges, vertices or groups using the Ribbon:
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    <a href="../WorkbookTour/Worksheets.htm#SelectWorksheet">Select</a> the Edges, Vertices or Groups worksheet</a>.
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    Select one or more rows in the worksheet.
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    Use one of the items in the NodeXL, Visual Properties group in the Ribbon.  For example, to change the color of the selected edges, vertices or groups, select NodeXL, Visual Properties, Color.
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    The Graph Pane will refresh automatically.  (If it doesn't, check the "Automatically refresh the graph" checkbox in the <a href="GraphOptions.htm">Graph Options dialog box</a>.)
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As an alternative to setting visual properties on individual edges, vertices and groups, you can tell NodeXL to <a href="AutofillColumns.htm">automatically calculate visual properties</a> based on values in other workbook columns.
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<div class="MoreInformationTitle">More Information</div>

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    <a href="Overview.htm"><img src="../../Images/Back.png" />Changing How the Graph Looks</a>
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